Review: Set the Pace by Kim Karr

Kim Karr once again create a storyline and characters that pull you in right from the very beginning.  Set in Detroit, SET THE PACE takes on cars and friends-to enemies-to lovers.

Jasper is an adrenaline junkie car maker who pushes the envelope.  With this three best friends, he’s putting his past behind him and pursuing a dream his father was never able to achieve.  On the eve of what should be one of the greatest days in his young life, Jasper finds himself surrounded by death, the past and his old best friend Charlie.

Charlie is Charlotte Lane.  She lived next door to Jasper until she was eight and was sent to live with her aunt.  She’s come back to Detroit determine to prove her father’s innocence in the plant explosion that killed many, including Jasper’s father.  She never envisioned she’s run into Jasper again, but when her job has her front and center on Jasper’s biggest day, she discovers she still holds a soft spot for her old best friend.

Jasper and Charlotte.  I don’t think there is anything I could say that would convey ow much I enjoyed them.  Even when they were pushing each other away, that bond they had as small children still shined through.  And that bond grew as they got to know each other as adults.  The playboy Jasper had been, mere days ago, goes away and he’s committed to the one person that feels like home.

Before I fuck her right here in the hallway, I quickly unlock the door and we’re stumbling inside.  Once I turn the lights on, I cup the back of her neck and tilt her head to look up at me.  “How could you ever think you wouldn’t be enough for me?”

Kim Karr knows how to write a suspenseful storyline.  The backdrop of broken Detroit.  The mystery surrounding the plant explosion twenty years before and how those personally affected now find themselves embroiled in another Detroit mystery.  I was immediately hooked and found myself questioning those around Jasper and Charlotte.  Who was behind what was happening and why.  I have my suspicions, but they’ll have to wait until the second part of this duet comes out in the Spring.

SET THE PACE is definitely one to pick up.  Kim Karr doesn’t disappoint.  You’ll be anxiously awaiting the next book.